| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Bearing silver or silver ore | Argentiferous | 80%
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| With hands on hips and elbows bent | Akimbo | 78%
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| Poetic repetition of vowel sounds | Assonance | 65%
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| Object of one’s detest or loathing | Anathema | 64%
|
| Resembling an elderly, senile woman | Anile | 60%
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| Completely opposed; incompatible | Antithetical | 60%
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| Self-denial, rejection of pleasure | Abnegation | 56%
|
| Weaken, reduce, make thin | Attenuate | 55%
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| Alternating responses; echoing | Antiphonal | 53%
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| Administrative system of a government | Apparat | 46%
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| Freedom from anxiety | Ataraxia | 41%
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| Roughness or harshness in manner | Asperity | 37%
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| Winding, twisting, circuitous | Anfractuous | 32%
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| Undeniably true, evident, or certain | Apodictic | 25%
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| Ascending, rising, or climbing | Anabatic | 24%
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